1.2% ▼ -43.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cockatoo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cockatoo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars defines travel in Cockatoo, where only 1.2% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community where most households own multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two or more cars, with 43.7% owning two and 19.1% owning three. This explains why the number of car-free homes is much lower than the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cockatoo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.3% of workers as the main driver. No one here commutes by public transport, and the 18.7% who work from home is a little below the national figure of 21%.
18.7% ▲ +286.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While Cockatoo has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.54
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
539.7
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 49 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
49
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cockatoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20600/cockatoo/topic/transport